Now in its second edition, this practical guide offers clear-headed guidance to the successful application of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. This book concentrates on clinically-relevant information that providers can put to immediate use caring for patients. * Takes a clear-headed practical approach to ablation of atrial fibrillation long on actionable, clinically-relevant guidance, succinct and to-the-point on the theory behind the procedure * Edited by three leading, internationally-known electrophysiologists with extensive experience in ablation for atrial fibrillation * Written by international team of experts reflecting global best practices from centers with considerable experience in the use of catheter ablation * Format designed to serve the needs of electrophysiologists regardless of experience, electrophysiology fellows, electrophysiology nurses and lab technical staff * Covers hot topics such as new noninvasive imaging techniques, the treatment of challenging left atrial flutters, options for persistent atrial fibrillation and when a redo ablation is needed; and novel application of ablation targeting the autonomic nervous system

Table of Contents:
Contributors, vii 1 Indications for Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, 1 Hugh Calkins 2 Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Past, Present, and Future, 7 David Spragg & Hugh Calkins 3 Staffing, Training, and Ongoing Volume Requirements, 17 Mehdi Namdar & Dipen Shah 4 Equipment Options for the Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, 23 German Kamalov & John D. Hummel 5 Preprocedure Preparation for Catheter-based Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, 33 Jose F. Huizar & Kenneth A. Ellenbogen 6 Intracardiac Ultrasound, 49 Dan L. Musat, Jayanthi N. Koneru, Scott W. Burke, Farooq A. Chaudhry, & Jonathan S. Steinberg 7 Electroanatomic Mapping Systems, 65 Carlos Macias, Olujimi Ajijola, Kalyanam Shivkumar, & Eric Buch 8 Magnetic and Robotic Catheter Navigation, 75 John M. Miller, Mark A. Dixon, Deepak Bhakta, Rahul Jain, & Mithilesh K. Das 9 MRI-guided Procedures, 85 Henry Halperin & Aravindan Kolandaivelu 10 MRI Definition of Atrial Substrate, 101 Leenhapong Navaravong & Nassir F. Marrouche 11 The Utility of Noninvasive Mapping in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, 109 Han S. Lim, Stephan Zellerhoff, Nicolas Derval, Seigo Yamashita, Darren Hooks, Benjamin Berte, Saagar Mahida, Arnaud Denis, Ashok. J. Shah, Frederic Sacher, Meleze Hocini, Pierre Jais, & Michel Haissaguerre 12 Interpretation of Circular Mapping Catheter Recordings, 119 Laurent Macle & Jason G. Andrade CONTROVERSY: Differing Energy Sources the Use of Radiofrequency Energy, 131 Suneet Mittal CONTROVERSY: Differing Energy Sources/Use of Cryo-energy, 137 Pipin Kojodjojo & D. Wyn Davies 13 Circumferential Ablation with Pulmonary Vein Isolation Guided by Lasso Catheter, 145 A. Metzner, K. Satomi, K.-H. Kuck, & F. Ouyang CONTROVERSY: Circumferential versus Segmental Pulmonary Vein Isolation/Circumferential PVI, 176 R. Proietti, L. Di Biase, P. Santangeli, P. Mohanty, C. Barrett, S. Danik, S. Mohanty, R. Bai, C. Trivedi, J.D. Burkhardt, & A. Natale CONTROVERSY: Circumferential versus Segmental Pulmonary Vein Isolation/Segmental PVI, 183 Gregory K. Feld 14 How to Select Target Sites in Electrogram-guided Ablation: Options, Techniques, and Results, 191 Anand N. Ganesan, Dennis H. Lau, & Prashanthan Sanders CONTROVERSY: Electrogram-guided Ablation: Valuable Technique, 206 Naoya Oketani & Koonlawee Nademanee CONTROVERSY: Electrogram-guided Ablation: Limited Contribution to Successful Outcome, 215 Hatice Duygu Bas, Kazim Baser, & Hakan Oral 15 Left Atrial Linear Lesions, 221 Stephan Zellerhoff, Han S. Lim, & Pierre Jais 16 Ablation of Autonomic Ganglia, 229 Evgeny Pokushalov & Jonathan S. Steinberg 17 Trigger Mapping, 245 Pasquale Santangeli & Francis E. Marchlinski 18 Mapping and Ablation of Electrical Rotor and Focal Sources for Atrial Fibrillation: A Patient-tailored Mechanistic Approach, 271 Junaid A. B. Zaman, Siva K. Mulpuru, David E. Krummen, & Sanjiv M. Narayan 19 Renal Artery Denervation: Modulation of the Autonomic Nervous System to Treat Atrial Fibrillation, 283 Evgeny Pokushalov & Jonathan S. Steinberg 20 The Stepwise Ablation Approach for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation, 293 Han S. Lim, Stephan Zellerhoff, & Pierre Jais 21 Limited Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Using Preprocedure Reverse Remodeling, 303 David J. Slotwiner & Jonathan S. Steinberg 22 Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, 315 Luigi Di Biase, Pasquale Santangeli, Alessandro Paoletti Perini, Francesco Santoro, Rong Bai, Javier E. Sanchez, Rodney Horton, John David Burkhardt, & Andrea Natale 23 Mapping and Ablation of Left Atrial Flutter, 323 Matthew Daly, Yuki Komatsu, & Pierre Jais 24 Follow-up After Ablation: Assessing Success, Symptom Status, and Recurrent Arrhythmias, 333 Simon Kircher, Charlotte Eitel, & Gerhard Hindricks 25 How to Strategize the Redo Ablation Procedure, 343 Jeffrey S. Arkles & David J. Callans 26 Periprocedural Care for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, 351 Chirag Barbhaiya, Justin Ng, & Gregory F. Michaud 27 Complications: Early and Late After Ablation, 361 Antonio Sorgente & Riccardo Cappato 28 Charting Long-term Success and the Challenge of Monitoring Outcomes, 371 Isabel Deisenhofer Index, 381